Example sentences of "push back the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Yes , he did , ’ Lady Isabella spoke up , pushing back the black veil from her face . |
2 | Many of his suggestions were taken up , including pushing back the 17th tee boxes and steeply bunkering the green so as to oblige the player to pitch his second ‘ enabling him to stay on the green ’ , already notoriously difficult to stay on once reached . |
3 | Anyway , in that desolate chamber at Sheen I removed soft buskins from the corpse 's feet , carefully pushing back the blue robe and the white cotton shift beneath . |
4 | Hari sat down and put her basket on the floor , pushing back the white cloth , she was well used to the way Cleg and his wife carried on , it did n't mean a thing . |
5 | It was now light , the lamps on the gangway giving murky yellow pools that barely pushed back the inky blackness of a starless night . |
6 | Tie off above the implant , push back the scooped-out soil and that part of the job is done . |